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Donald Trump is able to avoid the consequences of his conviction. Most people with criminal records don’t do this

Wrongfully convicted for the first time, D’Juan Collins was branded a “guilty” in the eyes of the law. That label “impacts everything,” says Collins, a paralegal and advocate who focuses on mass incarceration at the New York social justice organization VOCAL-NY. “This label is really a blacklist, like I’ve been blacklisted from some of the… Read More »

Less than five minutes on the stand in Trump defamation trial

Donald Trump was asked a handful of narrow questions at the podium – Elizabeth Williams/AP A visibly frustrated Donald Trump testified for less than five minutes in his libel trial on Thursday after being barred from denying that he sexually assaulted E Jean Carroll. After Judge Lewis Kaplan’s attorney, Alina Habba, spent more than 20… Read More »

House Democrats find ‘stunning web’ of foreign payments to Trump during his presidency

Democrats’ years-long investigation of the House Oversight Committee has uncovered what they describe as a “stunning” network of at least $7 million in payments from foreign governments directly into the coffers of then-president Donald Trump. The committee’s findings, laid out in a newly released staff report, come from documents obtained by the panel before Republicans… Read More »